linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND v2] hid-elo: update the reference count of the usb device structure

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Message-ID: <nycvar.YFH.7.76.2108201422490.15313@cbobk.fhfr.pm>
Date:   Fri, 20 Aug 2021 14:22:59 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:     Salah Triki <salah.triki@...il.com>
cc:     Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND v2] hid-elo: update the reference count of the usb device
 structure

On Thu, 29 Jul 2021, Salah Triki wrote:

> Use usb_get_dev() to increment the reference count of the usb device
> structure in order to avoid releasing the structure while it is still in
> use. And use usb_put_dev() to decrement the reference count and thus,
> when it will be equal to 0 the structure will be released.

Applied, thanks for spotting this.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs